In 1998, the academic program took on the general form in which it exists today, when Principal Joseph M. Wilson introduced the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IB Program) into the 11th and 12th grade curricula.
In 1927, the academic program was further changed, when the City College divided its curriculum into two tracks: the standard college preparatory program, or "'B' Course", and a more rigorous "Advanced College Prep" curriculum, the famed "'A' Course" of study (also available in the mathematics/science/technology fields at Poly).
Identification of the required quality of engineering mathematics in the academic programs essential to the local industry has not been established leading to an apparent deviation from what is required for local industrial development.
At the same time, it is imperative that we participate as leaders in the continued evolution of the liberal arts -- not only in the academic programs we offer, but also in our understanding of the professional preparation that benefits our students regardless of their major.
There was also a perceived discrepancy in the academic programs and competencies between urban and rural areas in Lebanon.
The emphasis of distance education should be in the quality of the academic program, not in the use of technology.
As we began to develop a shared vision about interdisciplinarity, we were assisted by a change in the administrative structure of the academic program in the late 1990s, one that moved us to a divisional dean approach, in which faculty members serve as administrative leaders for their respective divisions.
In 2007 controversy about the academic program arose, when members of the Baltimore City College Alumni Association argued that the IB Program was diverting a significant amount of the school's resources to benefit a fraction of the student population.
For an added dimension in the results, it would have been interesting to include adolescents from the academic program in the study.
The Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, N.Y., is managing the academic program for the school, which is starting with about 60 students.
